Goggle



Dec. 31, 1935. G. RATTI 2,026,435

GOGGLE Filed Jan. 31, 1934 Patented Dec. 31, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE Application January 31, 1934, Serial No. 709,242 In ItalyFebruary 2, 1933 3 Claims.

This invention relates to goggles comprising 1 for each eye atransparent screen mounted in an eye-cup intended to close the orbitalcavity of the wearer and to fit on his face, and has for its object theprovision of a soft lining for said eyecup which forms a continuous andresiliently deformable flap adapted to adjust itself with theconfiguration of the wearers face without inconveniencing him.

It has been suggested to provide linings of the kind above referred toby means of a cord made of pile material which however does not show asumcient consistency, or by a rubber tube which, amongst otherdrawbacks, has not a sufficient flexibility in the direction of itsperimeter and produces annoying compressions; goggles are also known inwhich a rigid eye-cup is provided with an edge pad made of rubbersponge, but said pad contacts with the wearers face over an extensivesurface, this fact being objectionable particularly in warm weather.

According to this invention the drawbacks above referred to are removedin a simple and inexpensive manner, and in the goggles of this inventiona rigid eye-cup is extended, beyond its edge adjacent to the wearersface, by a flexible or resilient annular rim whose flaring orspreading-out edge provides a lining which fits on the face of thegoggle wearer.

The edge lining thus provides an extension of the wall of the eye-cupwhich extension is able to bend through a more or less large extent atdifferent points of its periphery and freely adjusts itself and fits onthe wearers face with which it contacts over an extent sufficient toseal.

the eye-cup thereon without exerting a rigid pressure nor extendingover' a too large and uncomfortable extent.

On the annexed drawing is shown by way of example an embodiment of thisinvention and Figure 1 is a front view of one of the eye-cups of agoggle according to this invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical section thereof on line 22 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the goggle.

In the illustrated embodiment, I is a rigid eyecup which may consist ofsheet metal and 2 is a transparent screen mounted in the front edge ofsaid eye-cup; 3 are ports for ventilating the space confined within theeye-cup when it is affixed on the wearers face.

On the rear edge of eye-cup I, that is on the edge thereof intended tolie adjacent the wearers face, an annular rim-shaped flap 5 is fastenedby means of a thread 4 passing through holes provided in the wall ofeye-cup I and said rim spreads out or flares from its edge at which itis connected with eye-cup l towards its edge intended to contact withthe wearers face, it being suitably rounded outwardly in register oflast a named edge.

The flap or lining 5 is conveniently made of rubber or of any otherappropriate material and it has a comparatively reduced thickness and anarch or gutter shaped cross section as appearing from Figure 2.

In the goggle of this invention the eye-cup thus comprises a rigid frontsection and a flexible rear section which provides the lining intendedto bear on the wearers face by its convex and flaring or spreading outedge.

Owing to its organization the rim or flap 5 is able to bend or flex bothin radial and in perimetral directions, while tending by its ownresiliency to hold its shape and configuration, and thus it adjustsitself and fits along the full extent of its edge on the wearers faceand secures a satisfactory seal contact therewith.

Said annular rim 5 may consist of an integral piece or of a length of aband or ribbon shaped in ring form and having its ends interconnectedwith each other; further it has a gutter transverse section with itsconcavity facing outwardly such gutter section being more or lessflattened or elongated. 30

What I claim as my invention and. desire to secure by United StatesLetters Patent is:

1. A goggle comprising an eye-cup, a transparent screen mounted in saideye-cup at an edge thereof, a soft pad attached to said eye-cup alongits other edge, said soft pad consisting of a ringshaped strip made offlexible and resilient material and having an arcuate cross section withits outer portion curled outwardly for contact with the wearers face. 40

2. A goggle comprising an eye-cup, a transparent screen mounted in saideye-cup at an edge thereof, a soft pad attached to said eye-cup alongits other edge, said soft pad consisting of an integral ring-shapedstrip made of flexible and resilient material and having an arcuatecross section with its outer portion curled outwardly for contact withthe wearers face.

3. As an article of manufacture a pad for the edge of eye-cups ofgoggles intended to be adjacent to the wearers face, said pad consistingof a ring-shaped strip made of resilient and flexible material andhaving an arcuate cross section with its outer portion curled outwardly.

GIUSEPPE RATTI.

